Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 fell 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Israel Corp (TASE:ILCO), which rose 3.63% or 6,100.00 points to trade at 174,100.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TASE:ICL) added 3.50% or 119.00 points to end at 3,520.00 and Nova (TASE:NVMI) was up 2.19% or 770.00 points to 35,950.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPC Energy Ltd (TASE:OPCE), which fell 7.19% or 300.00 points to trade at 3,870.00 at the close. Kenon Holdings Ltd (TASE:KEN) declined 3.68% or 550.00 points to end at 14,400.00 and Shikun & Binui (TASE:SKBN) was down 2.23% or 35.00 points to 1,538.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 246 to 233 and 43 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.94% or 0.89 to $94.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.62% or 0.63 to hit $100.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 7.65 to trade at $1,769.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was unchanged 0.02% to 3.27, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.04% to 3.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 108.54.